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Labor
Truckers, Tired of Being Exposed to Hazardous Waste, Call on the Feds for Help
They say the oil and gas industry is ignoring HAZMAT procedures, endangering them and the communities they drive through.
Kim Kelly
2
How Spotify Is Quietly Supporting the Military-Industrial Complex
Unbeknownst to most users, Spotify has a secret endeavor—backing the efforts of war.
Jennifer Stavros
3
Labor
Feature
Rural America
The Battle for the Future of Farmwork
Trump’s immigration crackdown and a growing union effort are transforming Upstate New York into a battleground over who will grow our food and under what conditions.
Joseph Bullington
4
Feature
Trump 2.0 and the Reverse Racism Presidency
In a topsy-turvy world where Afrikaners are “refugees” and civil rights are for white men, every accusation is a confession.
Alberto Toscano
5
Feature
"If I Must Die," A Poem by Refaat Alareer
A poem written before the author's death in an airstrike by the Israeli military.
Refaat Alareer
6
Pentagon Budget Tops $1 Trillion. Now What?
How annual U.S. military spending broke the $1 trillion mark, and my legislative proposal that rescinds the Big Beautiful Bill’s $156 billion in Pentagon spending and sends people $600 checks with the savings.
Stephen Semler
7
Viewpoint
Here's How Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will Make Life in America Worse
The budget bill passed by Republicans and signed by President Trump represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery.
Sarah Anderson and Lindsay Koshgarian
8
Comics
Hey Kids, Is This an Ice Agent or Kidnapper?
New web-only comics curated by Comics Editor Matt Bors with art from Kirk Anderson, Ruben Bolling, Mattie Lubchansky and Jen Sorensen.
9
Departments
An Open Letter to the New Pope
As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to Pope John Paul I.
Blase A. Bonpane
10
Feature
Palestine
The Student Movement for Palestine Continues, Despite Crackdowns
Students organizing to free Palestine discuss how to sustain a movement under relentless repression
Nashwa Bawab
11
Feature
The Most Hated Woman on the Internet
Haters--myself included--have pummeled Amanda Palmer so far beyond recognition that it’s disconcerting to hear her actual voice in her new memoir, The Art of Asking.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
12
Culture
Meet the Artists Confronting Trump’s Culture Cuts
As federal support for the arts disappears, these creatives are turning identity and protest into their medium.
Xintian Tina Wang
13
Viewpoint
Palestine
Defending the Indefensible
As Western governments repress Palestine solidarity and enable Israel’s impunity, the “liberal international order” is no longer bothering to manufacture consent.
Alberto Toscano
14
Viewpoint
Zohran Mamdani and the Anatomy of a Bogus “Antisemitism” Scandal
The smears against Mamdani—based on cynical weaponization of identity politics—are straight out of a playbook used to defame any critics of Israel’s government.
Adam Johnson
15
Feature
"Be Brilliant in Your Area"
An interview with Cori Bush
Ari Bloomekatz
16
Labor
Palestine
The Largest U.S. Teachers’ Union Has Voted to Cut Ties with the ADL
The three million-member National Education Association approved a measure to split with the Anti-Defamation League for not being “the social justice educational partner it claims to be.”
Emmaia Gelman
17
Viewpoint
Politics
Built to Dominate
Palantir is designing the infrastructure of repression—and telling us why.
Alberto Toscano
18
Comics
Schumer Tries (And Fails) to Win the American Public’s Heart... And Other Comics
New comics by Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Mattie Lubchansky.
Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Mattie Lubchansky
19
Viewpoint
Politics
America for Sale! Everything Must Go!
Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" trades tax cuts on millionaires for the dissolution of society
Hamilton Nolan
20
Labor
A Massive ICE Prison Just Reopened in Michigan
The GEO Group-run detention center has sparked civil rights concerns in a historically Black community just a few miles away.
Jacob Wheeler
21
Feature
The Right-Wing Issue
Losing the Plot: The “Leftists” Who Turn Right
What do we make of former friends who fell down the rabbit hole of the Right?
Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet
22
Feature
Veteran on ‘American Sniper’: The Lies Chris Kyle Told Are Less Dangerous Than the Lies He Believed
Enough about Chris Kyle. Let’s focus our anger against the authorities and the institutions that craft the lies that the Chris Kyles of the world believe.
Brock McIntosh
23
Viewpoint
Palestine
Chicago Jewish Activists Embark on Indefinite Hunger Strike Over Gaza
Hunger strikes have deep roots in Chicago—and across the country—as escalations in campaigns for justice.
Shane Burley
24
Feature
Culture
Toni Morrison on Fascism and Censorship
In this reprint of "Peril" and "Racism and Fascism," Toni Morrison warns of the creative depths of fascism's reach.
Sherell Barbee and Toni Morrison
25
Labor
Palestine
Investigation
U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists
A months-long investigation found even the smallest hints of dissent are often met with unemployment.
Shane Burley
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